While in college, I volunteered weekly at a local service dog business along with many of my classmates, where we help the owners train their service dogs for specific persons' needs. Our school has a registered student organization for organizing students who wish to learn to train the service dogs, and I have served on the board of that club for the past year. I have been volunteering there for 3 years and have completed training hours and public access tests, allowing me to train service dogs in public. This unique experience has given me insight into the special care that service animals require due to how vital they are to the person they help and given me the skills needed to be able to deal with many different situations or dilemmas that come with caring for dogs. In terms of more common animals, my house has been full of animals for as long as I can remember, including dogs, cats, horses, lizards, hamsters, and more, all of which I helped take care of. My mom and older brother both did their own separate house and dogsitting, and they began taking me to those homes when I was young, and I loved the job! When I got old enough, I started to pick up on it myself, and my neighbors and family friends relied on me to dogsit, walk, and take care of their animals. I have experience with many different breeds of dogs, from chihuahuas to St. Bernards from my time volunteering at a dog daycare and the animals that surrounded me personally as a child. I have also worked with training various breeds through my time volunteering at the service dog business.